On May 19, the Transparency Task Force released 21 draft proposals about information FDA should consider making available to the public. (see previous blog post). The time to provide the Task Force with your feedback on these draft proposals ends Tuesday, July 20.

The fourth topic being featured for your input is the Docket Management Process. The draft proposal for public comment is about the following issue:

Whether FDA should change its current practice so that comments submitted to www.regulations.gov from people self-identified as individual consumers are posted to that Web site in the same manner as other comments. Click here to comment on and rate the proposal.You can read the draft proposal, FDA's reason for the proposal, and other comments submitted so far.

The Task Force is asking for your feedback on the content of the draft proposal and on which proposal(s) should be given priority.

The entire report is available on the FDA Web site. Visit the web site, read the report, and comment there about any of the 21 draft proposals.You can also submit a comment here (attachements are accepted at this site).

I have a comment not really addressed by the 21 draft proposals. Why are the CBER PMAs and 510(k)s in a separate database from the CDRH ones? The CDRH database is sophisticated and searchable; CBER does not even have databases. There can’t be any good reasons to have them separate; please put all the devices into a single database, and add a field for “Center.”

I am curious if you have attempted to solicit comments via other social media, like YouTube and Twitter. There’s a difference between posting notice that the comment period is over and actively seeking out comment.
It would be nice if the gov’t actually actively sought feedback instead of letting us know when we’re allowed to comment.
gz

Is it possible to have a longer comment and feedback time frame? I am sorry but four days seems like it is just so it can be claimed the public was given a chance to participate when you know very little will be able to be contributed.

FDA announced that it was seeking feedback on these proposals on May 19 (see May 19 blog post). FDA gives the public at least 30 days to submit comments when we solicit feedback on an issue. In this case, we accepted comment for 60 days. Thanks for the feedback!

Hi would you mind letting me know which hosting company you’re working with? I’ve loaded
your blog in 3 different internet browsers and I must say this blog loads a lot faster then most.
Can you suggest a good web hosting provider at a honest price?

I almost never leave a response, but after browsing through a bunch of remarks oon this page We Want Your Feedback:
Public Comment Period Ends July 20 (Feature Topic 4: Docket Management Process)
| FDA Transparency Blog. I do have a couple oof questions for you if you tend not
to mind. Is itt just me or do a few of the remarks look like
they are left by brain dead people? :-P And, if you are writing on other social sites,
I’d like to follow you. Would you post a list of the complete urls of all your public sites like your twitter feed,
Facebook page or linkedin profile?

I’m extremely pleased to uncover this site. I wanted to thank you for your
time for this wonderful read!! I definitely enjoyed every part of
it and I have you book marked to see new stuff on your website.